Our colleague Dan Hirschhorn sends over this quote: "Remember, in politics, purity is the enemy of victory. We can't start out with the idea that our nominee has to be pure ... Winning is about unity. Winning is about us sticking together to achieve the main thing."

Barbour's been making this case for a while, and even tread into Mitch Daniels-like "truce" territory at one point.

Now, it's an argument that has to help Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman - the two viable, non-orthodox candidates - if anyone.

On the other side of the spectrum, Hohmann relays word that Republican polling eminence Ed Goeas was on hand at the Faith and Freedom speech of Rep. Michele Bachmann, with whom he is reportedly working.